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ENGLAND: CRICKET – The Guardian – 14 December 2022

‘Bazball’ has delivered three straight Test series wins, but the real question now is whether other teams will copy or counter it

You might have missed the sign in the window of Australia’s dressing room during the recent second Test against the West Indies in Adelaide. Someone had scrawled “Ron Ball” on a piece of paper and propped it up against the glass, a little dig at England and all the attention they’ve been getting, by way of tribute to Australia’s own coach, Andrew “Ronnie” McDonald.

So the Australians are sceptical about the way England are playing. You wouldn’t expect anything else. “If it comes off, it comes off,” David Warner said back in August, “That’s their brand of cricket. But from our point of view, we’ll be playing Ron Ball.”        Continue reading →